Robert Godden: Britain Year List 2023 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 203 of 203 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 16/01/2023 Farlington Marsh, Hants 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2023 Moor Green Lakes, Berks 3 Greylag Goose Anser anser 02/01/2023 Moor Green Lakes, Berks 4 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 16/10/2023 Slimbridge, Gloucs 5 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 18/02/2023 Slimbridge, Gloucs 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 02/01/2023 Fleethill Farm, Berks 7 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 25/01/2023 Romney Marsh, Kent 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 25/01/2023 Dungeness, Kent 9 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 01/01/2023 Moor Green Lakes, Berks 10 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 06/01/2023 Moor Green Lakes, Berks 11 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 02/01/2023 Fleethill Farm, Berks 12 Garganey Spatula querquedula 12/04/2023 Moor Green Lakes, Berks 13 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 02/01/2023 Fleethill Farm, Berks 14 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2023 Moor Green Lakes, Berks 15 Wigeon Mareca penelope 02/01/2023 Fleethill Farm, Berks 16 American Wigeon Mareca americana 18/01/2023 Shapwick Heath, Somerset 17 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2023 Moor Green Lakes, Berks 18 Pintail Anas acuta 14/01/2023 Ham Wall RSPB, Somerset 19 Teal Anas crecca 02/01/2023 Fleethill Farm, Berks 20 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 07/01/2023 Fleethill Farm, Berks 21 Pochard Aythya ferina 02/01/2023 Fleethill Farm, Berks 22 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 12/02/2023 Moor Green Lakes, Berks 23 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 02/01/2023 Fleethill Farm, Berks 24 Scaup Aythya marila 22/01/2023 Cheddar Resv, Somerset 25 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 18/01/2023 Ham Wall RSPB, Somerset 26 Eider Somateria mollissima 29/10/2023 Pegwell Bay, Kent 27 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 16/01/2023 Hayling Oyster Beds, Hants 28 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 16/01/2023 Langstone Harbour, Hants 29 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 16/01/2023 Langstone Harbour, Hants 30 Smew Mergellus albellus 02/02/2023 Chew Valley Lake, Somerset 31 Goosander Mergus merganser 01/01/2023 Moor Green Lakes, Berks 32 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 16/01/2023 Hayling Oyster Beds, Hants 33 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 14/06/2023 Compton Downs, Berks 34 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 02/01/2023 Moor Green Lakes, Berks 35 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 11/01/2023 Arborfield, Berks 36 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 25/05/2023 Crowthorne Woods, Berks 37 Swift Apus apus 28/04/2023 Minsmere RSPB, Suffolk 38 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 28/04/2023 Minsmere RSPB, Suffolk 39 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 06/01/2023 Moor Green Lakes, Berks 40 Stock Dove Columba oenas 05/01/2023 Wishmoor Cross, Berks 41 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 02/01/2023 Fleethill Farm, Berks 42 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2023 Sandhurst, Berks 43 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 05/02/2023 Greylake RSPB, Somerset 44 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2023 Moor Green Lakes, Berks 45 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2023 Moor Green Lakes, Berks 46 Crane Grus grus 05/02/2023 Greylake RSPB, Somerset 47 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 06/01/2023 Moor Green Lakes, Berks 48 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2023 Moor Green Lakes, Berks 49 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 20/02/2023 Church Norton, W Sussex 50 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 16/01/2023 Langstone Harbour, Hants 51 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 20/01/2023 Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset 52 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 25/04/2023 Dungeness, Kent 53 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 16/01/2023 Farlington Marsh, Hants 54 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 20/01/2023 Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset 55 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 25/01/2023 Romney Marsh, Kent 56 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 20/01/2023 Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset 57 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 20/03/2023 Berkshire 58 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2023 Moor Green Lakes, Berks 59 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 03/02/2023 Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset 60 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 27/04/2023 Moor Green Lakes, Berks 61 Curlew Numenius arquata 16/01/2023 Hayling Oyster Beds, Hants 62 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 20/04/2023 Moor Green Lakes, Berks 63 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 11/02/2023 Redbridge Wharf Park, Southampton, Hants 64 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 19/01/2023 Shipham, Somerset 65 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 12/01/2023 Moor Green Lakes, Berks 66 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 27/04/2023 Moor Green Lakes, Berks 67 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 01/03/2023 Moor Green Lakes, Berks 68 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 28/10/2023 Stodmarsh, Kent 69 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 30/04/2023 Carlton Marshes SWT, Suffolk 70 Redshank Tringa totanus 16/01/2023 Hayling Oyster Beds, Hants 71 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 29/04/2023 Hen Reedbeds SWT, Suffolk 72 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 16/01/2023 Hayling Oyster Beds, Hants 73 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 25/01/2023 Hythe, Kent 74 Knot Calidris canutus 25/02/2023 Shellness, Kent 75 Ruff Calidris pugnax 18/02/2023 Slimbridge, Gloucs 76 Sanderling Calidris alba 25/02/2023 Shellness, Kent 77 Dunlin Calidris alpina 20/01/2023 Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset 78 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 30/04/2023 Lowestoft, Suffolk 79 Little Stint Calidris minuta 27/08/2023 Leighton Moss RSPB, Lancs 80 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis 18/02/2023 Slimbridge, Gloucs 81 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 24/08/2023 Glasson Basin, Lancs 82 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 15/04/2023 Moor Green Lakes, Berks 83 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 16/01/2023 Farlington Marsh, Hants 84 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 23/04/2023 Moor Green Lakes, Berks 85 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 03/01/2023 Padworth Lane Floods, Berks 86 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 16/01/2023 Southmoor NR, Hants 87 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2023 Moor Green Lakes, Berks 88 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 20/02/2023 Church Norton, W Sussex 89 Common Gull Larus canus 02/01/2023 Moor Green Lakes, Berks 90 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2023 Moor Green Lakes, Berks 91 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 23/01/2023 Moor Green Lakes, Berks 92 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 02/01/2023 Moor Green Lakes, Berks 93 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 11/02/2023 Redbridge Wharf Park, Southampton, Hants 94 Razorbill Alca torda 31/10/2023 Seasalter, Kent 95 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 25/01/2023 Dungeness, Kent 96 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 25/01/2023 Dungeness, Kent 97 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 16/01/2023 Langstone Harbour, Hants 98 Gannet Morus bassanus 20/02/2023 Church Norton, W Sussex 99 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2023 Moor Green Lakes, Berks 100 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 25/09/2023 St Govan's Head, Pembs 101 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 05/02/2023 Ham Wall RSPB, Somerset 102 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 01/02/2023 Steart Marshes WWT, Somerset 103 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 18/01/2023 Ham Wall RSPB, Somerset 104 Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 27/04/2023 Thorndon CP, Essex 105 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2023 Moor Green Lakes, Berks 106 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 13/10/2023 Ham Wall RSPB, Somerset 107 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 18/01/2023 Westhay, Somerset 108 Great White Egret Ardea alba 02/01/2023 Moor Green Lakes, Berks 109 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 02/01/2023 Fleethill Farm, Berks 110 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 27/08/2023 Leighton Moss RSPB, Lancs 111 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 02/01/2023 Fleethill Farm, Berks 112 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 11/02/2023 Woodfidley, New Forest, Hants 113 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 16/01/2023 Farlington Marsh, Hants 114 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 01/02/2023 Steart Marshes WWT, Somerset 115 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 30/04/2023 Carlton Marshes SWT, Suffolk 116 Red Kite Milvus milvus 01/01/2023 Moor Green Lakes, Berks 117 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2023 Moor Green Lakes, Berks 118 Barn Owl Tyto alba 09/02/2023 Moor Green Lakes, Berks 119 Little Owl Athene noctua 25/02/2023 Elmley NNR, Kent 120 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 30/10/2023 Reculver, Kent 121 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 12/01/2023 Moor Green Lakes, Berks 122 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 23/01/2023 Moor Green Lakes, Berks 123 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 11/02/2023 Acres Down, New Forest, Hants 124 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 05/01/2023 Horseshoe Lake, Sandhurst, Berks 125 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 02/01/2023 Fleethill Farm, Berks 126 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 06/01/2023 Horseshoe Lake, Sandhurst, Berks 127 Hobby Falco subbuteo 26/04/2023 Stodmarsh, Kent 128 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 05/02/2023 Greylake RSPB, Somerset 129 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 09/01/2023 Wokingham, Berks 130 Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor 11/02/2023 Shatterford, New Forest, Hants 131 Jay Garrulus glandarius 02/01/2023 Fleethill Farm, Berks 132 Magpie Pica pica 02/01/2023 Fleethill Farm, Berks 133 Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 25/09/2023 St Govan's Head, Pembs 134 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 07/01/2023 Fleethill Farm, Berks 135 Rook Corvus frugilegus 02/01/2023 Finchampstead, Berks 136 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2023 Moor Green Lakes, Berks 137 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix 25/04/2023 Dungeness, Kent 138 Raven Corvus corax 09/01/2023 Finchampstead, Berks 139 Coal Tit Periparus ater 12/01/2023 Moor Green Lakes, Berks 140 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 03/02/2023 Shipham, Somerset 141 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 02/01/2023 Fleethill Farm, Berks 142 Great Tit Parus major 02/01/2023 Fleethill Farm, Berks 143 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 22/01/2023 Stockmoor, Bridgwater, Somerset 144 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus 28/04/2023 Minsmere RSPB, Suffolk 145 Woodlark Lullula arborea 11/02/2023 Acres Down, New Forest, Hants 146 Skylark Alauda arvensis 17/01/2023 Moor Green Lakes, Berks 147 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 25/03/2023 Moor Green Lakes, Berks 148 Swallow Hirundo rustica 12/04/2023 Moor Green Lakes, Berks 149 House Martin Delichon urbicum 12/04/2023 Moor Green Lakes, Berks 150 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 06/02/2023 Ham Wall RSPB, Somerset 151 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 02/01/2023 Fleethill Farm, Berks 152 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 19/01/2023 Compton Dando, Somerset 153 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 31/03/2023 Moor Green Lakes, Berks 154 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 03/01/2023 Padworth Lane Floods, Berks 155 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 11/09/2023 Upper Beeding, W Sussex 156 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 23/04/2023 Fleethill Farm, Berks 157 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 25/04/2023 Dungeness, Kent 158 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 30/04/2023 Carlton Marshes SWT, Suffolk 159 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 30/01/2023 Ham Wall RSPB, Somerset 160 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 27/04/2023 Moor Green Lakes, Berks 161 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 25/04/2023 Dungeness, Kent 162 Whitethroat Curruca communis 20/04/2023 Moor Green Lakes, Berks 163 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 01/05/2023 Dunwich Heath, Suffolk 164 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 18/03/2023 Bucklebury, Berks 165 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 06/01/2023 Moor Green Lakes, Berks 166 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 02/01/2023 Fleethill Farm, Berks 167 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 12/01/2023 Moor Green Lakes, Berks 168 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 09/01/2023 Wokingham, Berks 169 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 09/01/2023 Wokingham, Berks 170 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 02/01/2023 Moor Green Lakes, Berks 171 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 06/01/2023 Moor Green Lakes, Berks 172 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2023 Moor Green Lakes, Berks 173 Blackbird Turdus merula 02/01/2023 Sandhurst, Berks 174 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 02/01/2023 Fleethill Farm, Berks 175 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 27/04/2023 Sutton Common, Suffolk 176 Robin Erithacus rubecula 02/01/2023 Fleethill Farm, Berks 177 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 29/04/2023 Westleton Heath, Suffolk 178 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 26/05/2023 Wishmoor Cross, Berks 179 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 31/08/2023 Moor Green Lakes, Berks 180 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 10/01/2023 Castle Bottom NNR, Hants 181 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 11/04/2023 Moor Green Lakes, Berks 182 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 02/01/2023 Moor Green Lakes, Berks 183 Dunnock Prunella modularis 17/01/2023 Sandhurst, Berks 184 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 13/04/2023 Moor Green Lakes, Berks 185 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 02/01/2023 Moor Green Lakes, Berks 186 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 02/01/2023 Fleethill Farm, Berks 187 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 05/02/2023 Shipham, Somerset 188 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 25/04/2023 Dungeness, Kent 189 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 14/01/2023 Ham Wall RSPB, Somerset 190 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 16/01/2023 Hayling Oyster Beds, Hants 191 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 06/01/2023 Moor Green Lakes, Berks 192 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 24/02/2023 Aldermaston Church, Berks 193 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 31/01/2023 Shipham, Somerset 194 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 02/01/2023 Fleethill Farm, Berks 195 Linnet Linaria cannabina 09/01/2023 Wokingham, Berks 196 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 06/02/2023 Ham Wall RSPB, Somerset 197 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 11/02/2023 Acres Down, New Forest, Hants 198 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 05/01/2023 Lower Star Post, Berks 199 Siskin Spinus spinus 12/01/2023 Moor Green Lakes, Berks 200 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 14/06/2023 Compton Downs, Berks 201 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 24/02/2023 Combe Wood, Berks 202 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 02/01/2023 Fleethill Farm, Berks 203 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 24/09/2023 St Govan's Head, Pembs